WE'RE BACK!!!

[elleng]

DU was down for 30 minutes, +-.

[Lugnut]

1. YAY!

I was having withdrawal symptoms.

[RedCappedBandit]

2. Whew! I was lost and confused

[Cha]

15. lol.. I felt like I was in

THE TWILIGHT ZONE!

[cyberswede]

3. Yay! Major withdrawal!

[Arctic Dave]

4. Ahhhh, I was thinking they kicked me out.

[TDale313]

5. Yep, was starting to jones for my DU :-)

There's something about not being able to get in that makes it feel so very, very important to get on right now

Glad DU's back.

[pinboy3niner]

6. DU got broken again

[Cha]

17. Oh that Obama... he's

done it, again.

[pinboy3niner]

21. I knew it had to be either the President or MiddleFingerMom

You know--the usual suspects.

[LeftInTX]

7. Yes, I had to watch TV for awhile!

[elleng]

11. Yes, and not much happening there, Left!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thank goodness, my dear elleng!

I was wandering in the cold darkness of no DU.......

Yay for DU coming back!

[elleng]

9. Hey, CalPeg,

saw a message that you had 'replied' to me, but couldn't find your reply out in the wild cyber world!

[Cha]

10. Is that all!? I could have sworn it

was over an hour.

I just got on and wanted to see if anyone else noticed.

[elleng]

13. Didn't check my clock/phone exactly, Cha;

an estimate.

[pinboy3niner]

16. It was nearly an hour

GD shows a gap in posts between 12:37am and 1:32am Eastern.

[Cha]

18. Well, there ya go. :)

[elleng]

23. AHA, a detective!

Good work, pinboy!

Here it is, DU returns: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022744274

and, waiting, LAST, before the gap: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022744343



OK, what ELSE is new???

[In_The_Wind]

31. So! That's what woke me up!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2745022

It was too quite!

[Downwinder]

12. I was going into withdrawal.

[elleng]

14. I was thinking I might!

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

19. I was in the middle of typing something...

...that was going to change the world. Now I lost my train of thought.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. I went browsing and stumbled on this...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ann%20Coulter

The submitted entries are a riot.

[Downwinder]

22. It is faster refreshing.

Making up for the down time.

[madokie]

24. Yes I woke up and had to go to an old engine site and reminiscent

my other love btw.

http://www.old-engine.com/engines.shtml

I'm getting old and loving every minute of it.

[elleng]

25. WOW, those ARE old!

[madokie]

34. this one here is still in use

http://www.old-engine.com/fm15yh.htm It comes complete with a video of it running, still being used.
I love this.
My dad was born in 1897 so as a kid I got to hear a lot of old stories of machines like these old engines and old cars and whiskey making and on and on. The depression etc. I think that is why I can't throw anything away. Why I still make most of my toys. Why I have such an appreciation for life that I have, hearing the stories of what my parents went through to give me life.

[elleng]

37. Former colleagues of mine had similar interests,

and as we regulated railroads, their knowledge was sometimes useful. Good to hear of your appreciation!

[pinboy3niner]

45. Growing up mostly as a suburban kid I envied the know-how of the rural kids

A best friend who'd moved to my SoCal neighborhood from Arkansas was really impressive. Together we made black powder in a mortar and pestle to make our own fireworks and home-made mortars.

I'd worked with tools and did a lot of stuff just by following instructions but making things--especially industrial processes--were a mystery to me. I once took a job in a precision parts company doing secondary operations (lathes, drill presses, multi-stations, cutters, broaches, grinding wheels, etc. plus a lot of custom set-ups) just to learn something. Without some kind of exposure, who knows what a screw machine is--or that it's about far more than screws?

[madokie]

46. Its the people like yourself that gives me much hope for our future

someone who will make an effort to understand how and why things are the way they are. Myself I was born and raised in this so it comes second nature for me.

[pinboy3niner]

52. OTOH, remember where else our curiousity and sense of adventure once led us

Sorry, I couldn't resist that one, brother.

[olddots]

26. Not the best way to remember how bad TV is

hi my name is Dots and I'm a DU addict .

[elleng]

27. Hi, Dots!

Just now Rumpole of the Bailey started, so I can return happily to double-tasking!

[secondwind]

28. I felt lost, too!

[In_The_Wind]

29. All I wanted was 10 minutes of DU ...

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But noooo
DU was down!
I was sooo upset, I waited until DU was back.
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In The Wind .........

[elleng]

30. HA!

[In_The_Wind]

32. What did y'all do now!

I swear. I can't catch a nap!



Who did it this time!

[elleng]

35. Reddit???

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014464369

[In_The_Wind]

41. Ya think!

[pinboy3niner]

36. If I were you I'd CALL CONGRESS! RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!

[In_The_Wind]

42. I would rather call you Right Fucking Now!

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

33. You couldn't be found, I was lost...

Ended up reading about Kudzu on another site...

[ohheckyeah]

38. I actually missed the down time

as I was conversing with my husband. It was an interesting experience.

[elleng]

39. OH HECK!!!

[ohheckyeah]

51. If DU would go down again

we might get past the conversing to more interesting activities.

[pinboy3niner]

44. How long did it take to remember his name?

[ohheckyeah]

50. LOL....

no comment.

[Mojorabbit]

40. I thought it was just me! nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

43. This is where a little knowledge gets someone into trouble...

I've seen people going so far as to do a complete format and reinstall of the OS from scratch before they realize it was just one site.

[pinboy3niner]

48. There are free websites to check to see if a particular site is down

Like this one:

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

Of course, if you still have access to other sites that's a pretty good clue that just the one site is down and it's not your computer or your ISP.

[dgibby]

47. Thank Gawd!

There for a minute, I thought I'd have to do some housework. Whew!

[pinboy3niner]

49. Don't worry--I'm sure we'll catch up on housework one of these years...

...probably.